albums and tracks

Editor's rating

Far from the snarling beast of 'Where's Your Head At?', 'Raindrops' reflects house duo Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe's occasional temperate output.
If their 2001 hit is a certified Creamfields anthem, the first slice of forthcoming album Scars is a tad more T4 On The Beach.
Beginning with tiered fuzzy loops and the light patter of drums, the verse quickly escalates into a blissed-out chorus of "On a lonely afternoon in June/I need you just like raindrops".
The production is padded out with beats featuring a healthily-weighted mid-range and the subtle use of AutoTune (if there is such a thing) on Felix's voice, but it's the song's standard rock song structure that ensures momentum is maintained throughout the Brixton pair's comeback effort.
Arranged in a verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus manner, 'Raindrops' never loses focus, making it the perfect soundtrack to an euphoric summer evening - in Weston-super-Mare.